Jessica Springsteen, the equestrian daughter of legendary rock star Bruce Springsteen, shouldn’t be going to be representing the United States once more on this 12 months’s Olympics regardless of doing so in Tokyo in 2021.
USA Equestrian revealed its leaping group for the Paris Olympics on Saturday afternoon, and Springsteen wasn’t on it.
Instead, veteran riders Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut and McLain Ward had been within the three spots, with Karl Cook named because the group’s alternate.
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Jessica Springsteen rides Don Juan Van de Donkhoeve within the leaping group remaining at Equestrian Park on Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. ( Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Springsteen, 32, was with Kraut and Ward on the Toyko Olympics, serving to them gather a silver medal to mark the fourth medal up to now 5 Olympics for the Americans within the occasion. Springsteen was using her 12-year-old stallion named Don Juan van de Donkhoeve.
She was monitoring to make the group this 12 months, being named one in every of 10 on the U.S. Jumping Team’s quick listing for the Olympics in April. U.S. Equestrian stated in a press launch on the time that these 10 athletes could be “chosen for continued commentary.”
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However, Springsteen’s standing in rankings didn’t match up with the place she was three years in the past.
According to the International Federation of Equestrian Sports’ official web site, Springsteen is ranked 127th on this planet after being 14th in 2021.
Jessica Springsteen rides within the Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Qualifier on the Hampton Classic Horse Show on Sept. 1, 2023, in Bridgehampton, New York. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)
Farrington (sixth), Ward, (fifteenth), Kraut (thirty fifth) and Cook (twenty third) are all a lot increased within the rankings than Springsteen.
Springsteen expressed the will to maintain competing with hopes of reaching the Olympics throughout an interview in May with Harper’s Bazaar.
“Tokyo 2020 was such an unbelievable expertise, however due to that 12 months and all of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, you understand, you couldn’t have your loved ones and your mates there,” Springsteen defined. “So I used to be like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’d like to go to a different Olympics and be capable to share that with my household, who’ve been so supportive of my profession for therefore a few years.’”
Jessica Springsteen rides Naomi van het Keizershof through the CSI5* – International Competition N5 introduced by Crivelli – Verona Jumping at a hundred and twenty fifth Fieracavalli on Nov. 11, 2023, Verona, Italy. (Roberto Tommasini/NurPhoto through Getty Images)
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Her father really had a two-week block in his touring schedule put aside through the Olympics. And although that’s not formally the explanation behind the tour break, one would assume it labored completely for Springsteen to see his daughter if she made the group.
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